Filipina IS suspect; Housemaid possessed by jinn
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: The Criminal Court refused releasing a Filipina IS member and adjourned hearing her case till Nov 14, said security sources. Notably, the suspect is facing charges of joining a...
View ArticleBritish woman found hanging
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: A 48-year-old British woman was found hanging in her house in Salwa. Security sources said the woman had not shown up for work for two days, so her colleagues went to check on her...
View ArticleMP threatens to grill Minister of Education; Policeman sentenced to death
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: MP Oudah Al-Rowaei announced his intention to grill Minister of Education Dr Bader Al-Essa over scholarships, appointments, certificate accreditation and the failure of the...
View Article‘GCC Security1’ police force
Kuwait Times . KUWAIT: MoI Undersecretary Lt General Suleiman Al-Fahad recently received the police force taking part in the deployment drill due to be held in Bahrain next month under the title of...
View ArticleKEPS launches project to curb water consumption
Kuwait Times Kuwait Environment Protection SocietyChairperson Wejdan Al-Oqab KUWAIT: Kuwait Environment Protection Society (KEPS) yesterday said that the start of the second phase of the project is to...
View ArticleObaidi reshuffles top MoH officials
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: Health Minister Dr Ali Al-Obaidi has issued a number of ministerial decisions concerning transferring, commissioning and referring some ministry officials to retirement. Obaidi’s...
View ArticleKuwait urges UN action against trafficking of women, girls
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: Kuwait yesterday urged the UN to carry on with its support on countries’ efforts to counter trafficking of women and girls. This is likely to secure positive results, said Kuwait’s...
View ArticleKuwait, Brunei ink accord and MoUs
Kuwait Times Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah meets HH the Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah yesterday. Sheikh Sabah is the first Kuwaiti Amir to officially visit Brunei since the...
View ArticleAssembly will likely be dissolved ‘within days’– Former MP Sawwagh dies in...
Kuwait Times Falah Al-Sawwagh KUWAIT: The National Assembly will most likely be dissolved “within days”, veteran MP Khalaf Dumaitheer said yesterday, as a number of lawmakers and parliamentary sources...
View ArticleBritisher blames her husband in suicide note
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: Following up the case of a British legal advisor who was found hanging in her apartment in Salwa, security sources said the woman left a note blaming her husband for “ruining her...
View ArticleFire engulfs warehouse in Rai
Kuwait Times Fire engulfs warehouse in Rai KUWAIT: A huge fire broke out in the early hours of yesterday in a foodstuff warehouse in Rai over an area of 2,000 sq m, including a basement and two floors....
View Article70 percent of GCC youths prefer government jobs –‘Private sector needs to...
Kuwait Times Click To View Larger DUBAI: More than two-thirds of young national Arabs in the Gulf states still hope to land jobs with government, despite initiatives to encourage them to seek out...
View ArticleKISR launches a campaign on enriching fish wealth
Kuwait Times KISR launches a campaign on enriching fish wealth KUWAIT: The Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR) has launched the 2016 second campaign on enriching fish wealth in the...
View ArticleBrunei backs Kuwait’s UNSC non-permanent membership – Kuwait, Brunei cement...
Kuwait Times Assistant Foreign Minister AmbassadorGhanim Sagr Al-Ghanim BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN: Sultan of Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Wad’daulah expressed full support for Kuwait’s non-permanent...
View ArticleKuwaiti women married to non-Kuwaitis ‘marginalized’
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: Municipal council member and head of Farwaniya committee Nayef Al-Sour said Kuwaiti women married to non-Kuwaitis are marginalized in various laws. He called for amending such laws...
View ArticleGCC adopts tourism vision
Kuwait Times GCC Ministers of Tourism and Culture pose for a group photo. — KUNA photos RIYADH: Kuwait’s Minister of Information and Minister of State for Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman Sabah Salem...
View ArticleMPs to file requests to grill PM, finance minister
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: MPs Abdullah Al-Turaiji, Ahmad Al-Azemi and Ali Al-Khamees are expected to file a joint request today to grill finance minister Anas Al-Saleh over the government’s decision to...
View ArticleMoI raises minimum wage for family visa to KD 450
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: The interior ministry yesterday raised the minimum salary required for expatriates to be able to sponsor their wives and children from KD 250 to KD 450 in a move expected to cut...
View ArticleBreakfasts in Kuwait from around the globe
Kuwait Times breakfast Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, which keeps us healthy and sharp. But foods eaten for breakfast vary wildly from place to place. Kuwait Times spoke with several...
View ArticleA glimpse of husseiniya art
Kuwait Times A glimpse of husseiniya art Husseiniyas around Kuwait opened in Muharram this Hijri year amid tight security by the interior ministry due to political instability in the Gulf region....
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